The light in her pupils slowly contracted, and she rose from the ground.
She knew Lynn had returned.
But he was not the Lynn she had been waiting for.
On the shattered earth, Lynn raised his head, looked toward the Black Pupil spanning the sky, and tightened his grip on his sword.
"What's the situation?"
The azure figure regained her earlier composure and said:
"I'm glad you made it back. As you can see, I used some special means to hold him outside the Inner Ring of the Main Universe. But this is only fighting fire with fuel. If this drags on, I won't be able to hold out much longer."
After fighting his way in, Lynn already understood exactly what she meant by those means.
Feeding herself to the tiger.
She was using her immense mass to draw all of that Calamity's attention, allowing him to devour her bit by bloody bit from outside.
"His will hasn't become lucid?"
Lynn glanced sideways and asked.
The azure figure said:
"He has already developed some independent awareness, but overall, the vast majority of him remains in a hazy state. Or rather, he is still a Chaos Being. He hasn't transcended to become the true Lord of the End, and that means..."
"If his mass keeps increasing, his own internal disorder will also hinder his will from becoming lucid. Is that right?"
Lynn's gaze flickered as he spoke.
The azure figure nodded in confirmation.
And that was another reason she was feeding herself to the tiger.
Her immense mass.
It was enough to increase the disorder within that Calamity and further slow his progress toward lucidity.
"In my last confrontation with him, I used this very method to draw his will, which had briefly become lucid in a dream, back into disorder.